WEBVTT >> I LOVE HIM.KATHY: WITHOUT THE INTERNET,THIS HAPPY PICTURE OF A DAD ANDDAUGHTER DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE.SOCIAL MEDIA IS PROBABLY THEBEST THING THAT HAS EVERHAPPENED TO MY FAMILY.KATHY: 26 YEARS AGO, LAUREN WASADOPTED BY A COUPLE IN INDIANA.>> FROM THE BEGINNING, MY MOMAND DAD HAVE TOLD ME YOU AREADOPTED.THEY HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE.KATHY: LITTLE DID SHE KNOW HERBIOLOGICAL DAD 175 MILES AWAY INMAYVILLE, WISCONSIN LONGED TO BEIN HIS DAUGHTER'S LIFE FROM THEVERY START.>> I DID NOT WANT TO GIVE HERUP.KATHY: OVER THE YEARS BOTH HITDEAD ENDS IN VARIOUS SEARCHES,ENTER LAUREN'S LONG TIME BESTFRIEND, A GENEALOGY WEBSITE, ANDFACEBOOK.>> I SAID I THINK I FOUND HERMOM.>> SHE CALLED ME WHEN I WASSITTING ON THE COUCH WITH MYADOPTED MOM LINDA.KATHY: NEXT, LAUREN MET HERBIRTH MOM, WHO THEN UPDATED HERPROFILE.A SHORT TIME LATER, ONESLEEPLESS, FATEFUL NIGHT BILLFINALLY FOUND HIS OLDGIRLFRIEND'S FACEBOOK PAGE.>> I SEEN THE BIRTHDATE LINED UPWITH MY DAUGHTER THAT I HAVEBEEN LOOKING FOR.I FREAKED OUT, JUMPED OUT OF BED.MY HANDS WERE SHAKING.ALL THAT WAS ABOUT A YEAR ANDA HALF AGO.THE REST IS A BUNDLE OF PICTURESAND STORIES OF BLENDING EACHOTHER'S FAMILIES, SHARINGWONDERFUL GET-TOGETHERS.>> I TOOK A BUS TO MEET HER,NERVOUS.KATHY: AND THIS IS THEIRFAVORITE STORY OF ALL.KATHY>> WE GAVE EACH OTHER A HUG -- AND I DID NOT WANT TO LET HERGO.>> WE HUGGED FOR ABOUT FIVE TO10 MINUTES. KATHY: BILL IS MARRIED AND HAS ASON.LAUREN HAS THE LITTLE SON YOUSAW IN THE STORY AND A DAUGHTERAND FIANCE AND THEY COULD NOT BEHAPPIER.